Yasser Almaloy Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Management

Biography:
An Assistant Professor of Management in the College of Business Administration at Al Yamamah University. My research interests include, leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Currently, I am teaching the four sections of MGT 308: Entrepreneurship and Innovation at COBA. Before joining Al Yamamah University, I did my master’s degree in organizational development and leadership from PCOM college in Philadelphia, PA, USA. After that I received my PhD in Business Administration from Osaka Sangyo University in Osaka, Japan. In my Doctoral Dissertation I did comparative research on Saudi and Japanese SMEs. I studied the effect of LMX on Disruptive Innovation and the role of leadership in enhancing organizational innovation performance.
Publications:
- Almaloy, Y. (2023). Incorporating Individual Creative Thinking Skills into Leadership Development Programs (LDPs) to Enhance Organizational Innovation: With a Special focus on the Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR). Osaka Sangyo University Journal of Business Administration, 24(2).
- Almaloy, Y. (2021). The Effectiveness of Functioning as a Robust Systems and Using Relational Leadership to Enhance Disruptive Innovation in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). Osaka Sangyo University Journal of Business Administration, 23(1).
Conferences:
A Study on Relational Leadership and Disruptive Innovation in the Age of Industry
4.0: With Special Reference to the Saudi Tourism SMEs - The Society of Economic
Sociology Conference in Japan. 2021
Professional Societies:
- Member of The Society of Economic Sociology (Japan) 2020-2023